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A Million Little Pieces

2018

Sam Taylor-Johnson

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Charlie Hunnam, Billy Bob Thornton, Ryan Hurst ...

5.7

495

Drama A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.

	Media	Author	Review
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"We learn a few stray facts about James (...) but he has no real dimension or idiosyncrasy as a character"
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Had there been some sort of coda hinting at the seductive trip that prompted Frey to sell an exaggerated version of his experience, there might have been something distinctive here. Instead, there are only cliches.
		Gregory Ellwood The Playlist	"The film’s huge problem is that even with the most delicate of direction, too many of those characters are simply impossible to believe in filmed media"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"[It] completely ignore the scandal that followed the memoir (...) It may not have been wrong to make a straightforward adaptation, but this movie makes the approach seem even worse than that: It makes it seem pointless."
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Its sincerity can’t keep the film from stumbling through a litany of drug-drama clichés (...) An earnest but overwrought addition to a familiar genre."
		Cath Clarke The Guardian	"[It] is a weirdly unreflective exploration of the destructive force of addiction and, setting a new benchmark for blandness (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"[It] may be a pack of lies, but at least they’re stylishly told (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Clarisse Loughrey The Independent	"Despite Sam Taylor-Johnson’s best efforts, its story is wrapped up in all the usual twists and turns of an addiction drama (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Tara Brady Irish Times	"The central addiction narrative is as gruelling as it is compelling (...) Taylor-Johnson brings plenty of visual flair to the material (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Deirdre Molumby entertainment.ie	"'A Million Little Pieces' is a bit too long (...) It's nothing you haven't seen a hundred times before but the strength of the acting pulls it through (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Chris Wasser Irish Independent	"Slow, powerful and melodramatic, 'A Million Little Pieces' is a peculiar little film. It is, essentially, a Hallmark feature with notions (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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